| "Over" | ||||
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| Single by Blake Shelton | ||||
| from the album Red River Blue | ||||
| Released | May 21, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
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| Length | 3:13 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
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| Producer | Scott Hendricks | |||
| Blake Shelton singles chronology | ||||
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"Over" is a song written by Paul Jenkins and David Elliott Johnson [1] and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released in May 2012 as the fourth and final single from Shelton's 2011 album Red River Blue . The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in September 2012. It was originally released in 2007 as a track on Burn Out Bright, the debut and only album released by Jenkins's band, The Royce. [2]
Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three stars out of five, calling it "an extraordinary recording of an ordinary song." [3] Ashley Cooke of Roughstock gave the song two stars out of five, writing that it "doesn't really fit [Shelton's] style or personality." [4] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a D grade, calling it "mediocre" and comparing it to a nineties lukewarm rock ballad. [5]
The music video was directed by Roman White and premiered on June 15, 2012. [6]
Terry McDermott covered the song in the 3rd season of The Voice . [7]
"Over" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of May 19, 2012. [8] On the chart dated September 1, 2012, "Over" became Shelton's seventh consecutive number one single, and his twelfth overall.
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| Canada Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [9] | 59 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 43 |
| US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [11] | 1 |
| Chart (2012) | Position |
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| US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [12] | 36 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA) [13] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||